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Resolution Over Control of Iraq's Oil
Is Expected to Be Reached in Weeks

By

Hassan Hafidh

Updated June 21, 2007 3:41 p.m. ET

Iraqi central government officials and their Kurdish counterparts need three to four weeks to resolve their dispute on how to control the Iraqi oil and natural gas sector under the controversial draft oil law, a senior government official in Baghdad said Thursday.

"There are major sticking points between the central government in Baghdad and that of Kurdistan region on the key provisions of the draft oil and gas law," the...